Past Sai Messages for the Day
Friday, July 8, 2022
A bar of iron sinks in water, but beat it into a hollow vessel and it will float merrily and even carry some weight. So too, man’s mind sinks easily in the sea of senses. Beat it hollow, hammering it with the Name of the Lord. It will float safely on a sea of troubles.
Thursday, July 7, 2022
The spiritual seeker should try to plant today the seed of Lord’s Name in a well-prepared heart, devoid of the thorns of egoism, and water it with love, fence the sprout with faith, feed it with the fertilizer of remembrance of the Name, and, from the grown-up tree of the mantra, pluck the fruit of bliss and relish the sweetness.
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Do not seek to find fault in others, give up maligning and injuring others. Do not scandalise anyone, do not feel envy or malice. Be always sweet in temperament, in talk. Fill your conversation with devotion and humility.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Wipe out the root causes of anxiety and fear and ignorance. Then only can your true personality shine forth. Anxiety is removed by faith in the Lord, the faith that tells you that whatever happens is for the best and that the Lord’s Will be done,
Monday, July 4, 2022
You are all embodiments of Being-Consciousness-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda Swarupa), but you are unaware of it and imagine yourself to be this individual or that, subjected to this limitation or that! This is the myth that must be discarded in order that divine life may start. Divine life does not admit of the slightest dross in character or delusion in intellect. So, people dedicated to it must emphasize this by precept and example.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
You see many things in dreams, and many things are acquired by you during dreams: power, pelf, status, reputation. But when you awake, you do not weep over the loss, even though for the duration of the dream all that was very real and gave you real satisfaction and joy. That was a “dream”, you tell yourself; what prevents you from treating with similar nonchalance (detachment) the possessions gathered during the waking stage of your life? Cultivate that attitude, and you can depart with a smile whenever the curtain falls on this dreamland stage.
Saturday, July 2, 2022
The greatest obstacle on the path of surrender is egoism and mineness or possessiveness. It is something that has been inherent in your personality since ages, sending its tentacles deeper and deeper with the experience of every succeeding life. It can be removed only by the twin detergents of discrimination and renunciation. Devotion is the water to wash away this dirt of ages and the soap of repetition of God’s name, meditation, and yoga (oneness with the Divine) will help to remove it quicker and more effectively. The slow and the steady will surely win this race.
Friday, July 1, 2022
While proceeding along the road, you can watch your shadow falling on mud or dirt, hollow or mound, thorn or sand, wet or dry patches of land. You are unaffected by the fate of your shadow, is it not? Nor is the shadow made dirty thereby. It does not worry in the least where it falls or what it wades through. We know that the shadow and its experiences are not eternal or true. Similarly, you must get convinced that “you” are but the shadow of the Absolute; you are essentially not this “you” but the absolute itself. That is the remedy for sorrow, travail, misery and pain.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Keep the Name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind. That will keep the antics of the mind under control.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Fill your heart with any divine name. Then there will be no scope for other thoughts to enter it. Your heart is like a single chair. Once you enshrine divine love in it, no evil thought can enter it.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
If you develop firm faith in God and surrender to His Will, He Will not fail you. This is the concept of submission to the Will of the Divine.
Monday, June 27, 2022
God is Omnipresent. He is the Inner Motivator of every particle in the Universe. See Him in all, serve Him in all. Revere Him in all. Pray, "Let the whole world prosper, let all mankind be happy."
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Real meditation is forgetting oneself totally. It is forgetting the feeling of identification with the body completely. One has to totally give up attachment to the senses. Then only the mind will be steady.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Peace is already present in your heart. You will experience it when you remove the soil of attachment and hatred that is covering it.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Everyone has to make their exit someday. That moment should not be a moment of anguish, one should depart gracefully, with a smile and a bow. In order to do that, a lot of preparation is necessary. To depart, leaving all that has been accumulated during a long lifetime, is a hard task, so prepare for it by discarding attachment to one thing after another from now on.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
You need not rely on another for success in meditation and repetition of the name and await contact with some sage in order to get from him a mantra for recitation. Pray to the God within, and you will receive guidance.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
You do all kinds of worship, penance and sacrifices, but what is the use of all this? They cannot protect and sustain you if you are bereft of the divine quality of love. It will be just a waste of time and energy. What you have to nourish and develop is love. If you have love, you can conquer anything. Except love, there is nothing that can nourish and sustain you.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Spiritual practice (Sadhana) is the cultivation of Divine Love (Prema). Be full of love, taste the exhilaration that love can confer. Man is love embodied: he thirsts for love and he finds real joy in giving and receiving selfless love.
Monday, June 20, 2022
When black charcoal comes in contact with fire, it also becomes red like fire. Holy company (Satsang) means proximity with God. You can find fulfillment in life by developing proximity with God and through performing service.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
You must see no evil but see only good. You must hear no evil, but hear only good. You must speak no evil, but speak only good. You must do no evil, but do only good. This is real spiritual practice (sadhana).
Saturday, June 18, 2022
When you undertake activities that purify your mind, peace will become your property. All spiritual practices are meant to purify your mind. You will have peace only when your mind is pure.
Friday, June 17, 2022
Everything is the reflection of the inner being. Your innate nature is always pure. You pollute it because you follow the worldly path and fill your heart with worldly feelings. The heart is always pure, steady and selfless. It gets polluted mainly due to unsacred vision, unsacred listening, and unsacred speech. You can maintain its purity only when you use the five senses in a responsible and sacred manner.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
To derive self-satisfaction from your actions, you have to cultivate faith. When there is satisfaction, there is readiness for sacrifice. Through sacrifice, the Divine is realized. Your faith should be unwavering like that of the Pandavas in Sri Krishna.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Whatever is done from sunrise to sunset must be consecrated, as if it is the worship of the Lord. Just as care is taken to pluck only fresh flowers and to keep them clean and unfaded, so too, ceaseless effort should be made to do deeds that are pure and unsullied.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
In whatever work you do at home, whether sweeping the floor or making food, convert it into a form of spiritual exercise. Infuse every action with love of the Divine and dedicate it to God.
Monday, June 13, 2022
Share with others the knowledge and skills you have earned, the ideas and ideals you have benefited and the joy you have won by discipline and dedication. Sharing will not diminish them or devalue them. On the other hand, they will shine better and put on added splendor.
Sunday, June 12, 2022
The Divine is the very embodiment of dharma and it is only by means of dharma that He can be worshipped. And Dharma is a garland of the flowers of holy deeds, holy words, holy thoughts. Earn the reputation of being good, serviceable and efficient in doing good.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
There is only one thing that is permanent and you have to pray for that. But whom are you praying for? You are praying for yourself, not for God. In fact, you are praying to yourself because God is in you. Because of your identification with the body, you think you are a devotee and God is separate from you. There is no difference between the devotee and God. Whatever you see, it is God, wherever you go, God is there, whatever you do, it is for God.
Friday, June 10, 2022
Today man is caught in worldly affairs and is ignoring spirituality. If you have spiritual vision, you will know that it is the same God who is present everywhere. Everything from earth to sky is nothing but God. Even this flower, this tumbler, this microphone and the tablecloth that you see here are all aspects of divinity. Divinity pervades each and everything in this universe.
Thursday, June 9, 2022
There is nothing in this world that is permanent. There is only one entity (God) that is permanent about whom it is said, with hands, feet, eyes, head, mouth and ears pervading everything, He permeates the entire universe. There is only One that is present always.